Hoe.



Patented Aug. I4, |900. L.VE. MEASE.

(Application filed-Hay 2, 1900.)

(Np Model.)

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LEWIS E. MEASE, OF UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO.

Hoa

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 655,983, dated August 14, 1900.

Appiicaion'iedifay 2, lent.,

To MZ w/tom it may concern:

Beit known that I, LEWIS E. MEASE, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at vUpper Sandusky, in the county of Y Wyandot and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hoes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in hoes more especially for handwork.

It has for its objects, mainly, to provide a secure or effective attachment between the blade and the handle, lessen cost of manufacture, simplify construction, and otherwise improve the construction of the implement.

It consists of the detailed construction and arrangement of the parts substantially as hereinafter more fully disclosed and specifically pointed out by the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the preferred embodiment Aof my invent-ion,

Figure 1 is a side or edge view. Fig. 2 lis a sectional elevation.

Latitude is allowed herein as to details, as they may be changed or varied according to circumstances without departing from, thef spirit of my invention and the same yetremain intact and be protected.

In carrying out my invention IY provide the hoe-blade 1 with the usual handle-socket or head-receiving opening or hole 2 and with a rearwardly-projecting ange or lip 3 at its upper edge extending, preferably, the entire width of that portion of the hoe-blade. In connection with said blade'I employ a handie-receiving socket or head 4 the preferablytapered socket 4ta of which is provided upon the inside with a preferably inward-tapered rib or feather 5, adapted to be embedded or sunk into the wood of the handle to prevent the turning or axial displacement of said handle. The outer or forward end of the socket 4c, inserted into or through thehole or opening 2 in the hoe-blade 1, is hammered or flanged down upon said blade around the edge of said hole or opening, as at 6, thus initially securing or connecting said blade and socket or head together, as shown. The upwardextended or head portion '7, thickened rearp Serial No. 15 ,243. (No model.)

Ward, is provided in its forward side, near the top or upper edge, with a notch or recess 8 to receive the lip or flange 3 of the blade l, said notch or recess being adapted to readily receive said lip or flange. After the insertion of the flange or lip 3 into the notch or recess 8 the top forward edge of the head portion of the socket or head, directly over said notch or recess, is hammered or upset, so as to cause the top and bottom walls of said notch or recess to bind or clamp said lip or iiange therebetween, thus firmly or effectively securing said head or socket and blade together. The blade and said head or socket are further fastened or connected together lower down, preferably by riveting, a rivet 9'a being passed through said blade and a downward extension or lug 9 of said socket and suitably upset or hammered at its ends, heading the same in place.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isf-'- Y 1. As a new article ofy manufacture, a hoe,

v,having the upwardextended portion of its blade provided with a rearward-extended lip at the upper edge, and its socket portion provided at the forward end with an extension upset around the edge of an opening in said blade, receiving said end of socket, said socket having its upward-extended portion provided with a notch to receive said lip, substantially kas set forth. Y

2. As a new article of manufacture, a hoe, having its blade provided with a rearwardextended lip, at the upper edge thereof, and its socket having a forward end extension upset around the edges of an opening in said blade, receiving said forward end extension, said socket also having, in the front side of its upward-extended portion, a notch adapted to receive said lip, with its top and bottom walls clamping said lip therebetween, and a downward extension on said socket adapted to be secured 'to said blade, substantially as described. Y,

3. As a new article of manufacture, a hoe, comprising a bladeprovided at its upper edge with a rearward-extended lip, an opening at a suitable point therein and a handle-socket having its upper forward edge provided with a notch adapted to receive said lip and withfa, l In' testimony whereof I affix my signature downward extension secured to said blade, in presence of two witnesses.

the bottom and top walls of said notch adapted to clamp said lip or ange therebetween, said LEWIS E MEASE' socket portion having upon its inside a 1on- XVitnesses: gitudinal tapered rib or feather, substantially Y L. M. BOWERS, as set forth. GEO. R. MEASE. 

